Flow-Rider
Burner
I bet large property developers are still finding ways to influence MPs into granting development approvals. The brown paper bag is looking good.:spy:The Labor party did bring that law in, but they were as developer deep as the Libs. Both parties have a long history of association with greed.
Let's see...the Lord Mayor (owner of a fairly large development company and other developers) "donate" illegally to all the local Liberal members' campaigns, and don't expect anything in return? I struggle to believe. If this was not an attempt to gain advantage by deceit...
The high court case was basically, in less colourful language, that despite owning/running/leading/making money out of a property development company (and associated companies and trusts etc) the individual was not a property developer and was thus able to make those donations. That concept was rejected by the high court. Talk about clutching at straws.
Funny thing on Eddie in the SMH recently. The staffers that has hung him out to dry is now going soft. (Hazed paraphrase here) Eddie only asked him to contact the person seeking negotiation on behalf of the business owners in circular quay, nothing more...hmmmm. So much has been made of this specific event, that one would hope the prosecution has more arrows in the quiver.
I remember something on the ABC a while back where a real estate agent that had ties with a developer gave a large wad of money to a party.